Erik W
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Erik W reacted to MikeB4 in 18th Century Longboat by MikeB4 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/4"=1'
I decided to to try and customize some wooden belaying pins because it will be a little more accurate to the period. The only pins that I could find are the right length but they are much to wide,So I carved them down using my power drill like a lathe. With some practice I could probably get much more accurate but this will do for now.
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Erik W got a reaction from maddog33 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
A couple of quick shots. The planking is finished. I have yet to start any sanding, so pardon the rough look!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from ggrieco in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
A couple of quick shots. The planking is finished. I have yet to start any sanding, so pardon the rough look!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Dimitris71 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Thanks for the kind words guys. The craftsmanship on your builds sets the bar pretty high!
Danny, I guess by rough I'm referring to the photos I didn't post that show the bumps and low spots on the some of the planks. You need not know that those exist! Haha.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Canute in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Thanks for the kind words guys. The craftsmanship on your builds sets the bar pretty high!
Danny, I guess by rough I'm referring to the photos I didn't post that show the bumps and low spots on the some of the planks. You need not know that those exist! Haha.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Q A's Revenge in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
A couple of quick shots. The planking is finished. I have yet to start any sanding, so pardon the rough look!
Erik
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Erik W reacted to GuntherMT in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Great planking job. I wouldn't have known it wasn't sanded if you hadn't told us!
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Erik W reacted to BobF in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Erik -
Awesome work! Congratulations on an outstanding planking job. Can't wait to see how the rest of the model turns out!
BobF
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Erik W got a reaction from Dimitris71 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Humble beginnings. The keel and false keel glued together. Though there is glue evident on the false keel, the keel itself is sanded clean and blemish free.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Archi in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
A couple of quick shots. The planking is finished. I have yet to start any sanding, so pardon the rough look!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Dimitris71 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
A couple of quick shots. The planking is finished. I have yet to start any sanding, so pardon the rough look!
Erik
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Erik W reacted to gjdale in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Just caught up with this log Erik. Beautiful job on the planking!
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Erik W got a reaction from jct in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
A couple of quick shots. The planking is finished. I have yet to start any sanding, so pardon the rough look!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from dcicero in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
A couple of quick shots. The planking is finished. I have yet to start any sanding, so pardon the rough look!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from ggrieco in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm plugging away with the planking . . . slooooowly. Since these newest kits come with .020" thick planks, rather than the 1/32 (.031") planks that came in the older kits, I'm trying to keep my planking as flawless as possible to avoid excessive sanding of the hull when the planking is complete. I don't want to take too much thickness off of these planks!
I'm fairly pleased with my planking results so far. It's not perfect, but is acceptable for a first ship build. I'm looking forward to finishing the planking, so I can get things sanded and looking less rough.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from dvm27 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
A couple of quick shots. The planking is finished. I have yet to start any sanding, so pardon the rough look!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from maddog33 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm on the home stretch with the planking. This being my first planking experience, I'm fairly pleased with my results. Most of the imperfections seen in the photos should be taken care of with the final sanding of the hull. I'm learning a lot in the process.
Erik
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Erik W reacted to Dan Vadas in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Rough???? Excellent work Erik, it'll sand up beautifully .
Danny
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Erik W reacted to Nirvana in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Erik, you have done a fantastic job with the planking. Very nice
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Erik W got a reaction from Mirabell61 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
A couple of quick shots. The planking is finished. I have yet to start any sanding, so pardon the rough look!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from dgbot in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
A couple of quick shots. The planking is finished. I have yet to start any sanding, so pardon the rough look!
Erik
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Erik W reacted to Maury S in Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Maury S - 1:48 - POB
Thanks for the comments about the inner edges. Chuck and Druxey are right. The straight line of the inner frame pieces did not look right. I added and shaped some pieces to follow the curve of the outer edge of the frames. Now for the really small planking inside the frames.
Maury
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Erik W reacted to Chuck in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Chuck - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - kit prototype
Thank you guys.
Just a real quick update. Not to much except I did drill the hawse holes and the hole for the bowsprit. As simple as this procedure may sound it is actually rather tricky. I had to be really careful to drill these parallel to the keel and straight back. There is always a tendency to just drill through straight in. But instead, the bit must be held so it enters the bulwarks parallel to the keel. I started with a small hole so if the angle was wrong it could be corrected. Then I switched to needle files and then an even bigger round file to finish it off.
The angle is super important because the hole for the bowsprit must be drilled the same way. Straigh back and parallel to the centerline. If the hawse holes were drilled at an "off" angle then there wouldnt be room to properly create the hole for the bowsprit. I used a graphite pencil to darken the hawse holes but I may go back and use a dull flat dark gray instead, No rush to decide.
Now I can move on and start creating the waterway in preparation for the deck planking.
Chuck
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Erik W reacted to MikeB4 in 18th Century Longboat by MikeB4 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/4"=1'
I've installed the thwarts and completed some of the metal work.
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Erik W got a reaction from jnewhouse in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Thanks Chuck and Danny. My average plank width has been around .011". When I got down to the gap for the last 3 on each side, the gap measures .030" at it's widest. So, starting with the most recent plank I attached, I reducing the plank width to .010", and then tapered the bow and stern. This should make it look like all the planks are the same width, rather than have the last plank be obviously narrow.
Erik
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